seat·ing /ˈsitɪŋ/
使就座,就座,座位數,座套
Seat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seated; p. pr. & vb. n. Seating.]
1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. --Arbuthnot.
2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
Thus high . . . is King Richard seated. --Shak.
They had seated themselves in New Guiana. --Sir W. Raleigh.
3. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
4. To fix; to set firm.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro,
They plucked the seated hills. --Milton.
5. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [Obs.]
6. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
Seat·ing n.
1. The act of providing with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.
2. The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
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seating
n 1: an area that includes seats for several people; "there is
seating for 40 students in this classroom" [syn: seats,
seating room, seating area]
2: the service of ushering people to their seats